We had our 2nd of 3 SEARCH open forums last night. Had about 10-12 new people that weren’t there last week. Had about 38 guys there.
Tonight went really well. I’m still so blown away about how people have responded and how our host team has prayerfully taken a risk and invited people God had put on their heart.
Here’s some of the things that were brought up by the group:
If people really knew me, they would know I’m not the success that they think I am. I’m actually pretty much a failure.
Why is it so hard to talk to my kids and my wife about things that matter or anything to do with God?
What does it even mean to be a success or to be good enough and who even sets the standard of what is good and what is success? I too often measure myself by the people around me and how they feel I’m doing.
We’ve gotta stop blaming the iPhone and social media for everything because it’s not gonna go away and we have to learn how to live with it.
Somebody asked the question to the group : “How many of y’all had fathers that talked to you about anything that mattered?” (Most people said that their father’s never talked to them about God or engaged them with big life topics.)
The question was asked How many people do you have in your life that know the real person that you are and still accept you?” (Most people said if they didn’t have anybody -it might be one person at best.)
….but the question of the night was when a guy asked:
- “Does God really forgive? I mean will he REALLY forgive? Is that true?”
Next Tuesday will be the third and final open forum. But it’s not over… the open forum is only a tool to set people up to go deeper and have conversations with the people they invited…that’s where the good stuff happens. It’s a process…a life on a life…taking the journey with one another.
We completely trust God for the results. He is in charge of changing lives. Pray with us for guys to think deeply about life…and to be willing to take that next step towards God.
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